I chose to too read chapter seven; Saying Why it Matters. I was just looking through the table of contents and this stood out to me because often times when I read someone’s essay I almost always end up asking myself why any of this matters. Most likely people probably say that when they read my … [Read more…]
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Art and science have always had some influence on each other throughout history. We use analogies and metaphors in art to explain science “physicists and thought the inner space of an atom looked like a miniature solar system with the atomic nucleus as the sun and the whirring electrons as a planet in orbit… Bohr said, ‘when it comes to atoms, language … [Read more…]
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The arts and sciences, the intellectuals vs the free thinker. we have not yet seen anyone able to mix and match these in education, nor will we. art and science are like polar and nonpolar, you do not often find them together. of course, many will probably disagree on the grounds that it’s unrealistic to … [Read more…]
Ma’s essay was published in January 2014. Ma considers the role of the arts in the world, arguing that the elements of empathy provided by artistic endeavors are essential to the kind of balanced thinking needed today. Yo-yo Ma is a world-renowned cellist and songwriter. His works and essays were featured in high profile contributors with big names like Elon Musk. Ma … [Read more…]
Revisions in red Notes in blue Effective altruism is about answering one question: how can we use our resources to help others the most? Defined by the EA’s website. To better understand the opposition, let’s look at an analogy Southan used in his essay ‘Is It OK to Make Art?’ from Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence, … [Read more…]
To start off my revision I just read my paper out loud. I really liked it. I guess I have some bias but there is really no paragraph I don’t like. Well I wrote the draft so of course I like it. I got very little bad comments on my revisions from my peers to … [Read more…]
